Yikes! I’ve been having great fun talking about my job as a cave tour guide. But back to the reason for the Bloggathon 2010. I’m celebrating National Children’s Book Week www.bookweekonline.com because I’ve written a children’s book and because I really believe in reading to kids. I’ve done readings in 3 libraries in the past few weeks, and the kids and parents both are entertained by “Dad, the Tooth Fairy Didn’t Come!” www.jerrybegly.com/tooth.
The Jerry Begly Bloggathon 2010 is moving right along. Thanks for joining me. I’m celebrating National Children’s Book Week www.bookweekonline.com with a post every two hours, through the 16th of May! What is really fun about this week, is that I get to celebrate, by offering you an opportunity to read my children’s book entitled “Dad, the Tooth Fairy Didn’t Come!” www.jerrybegly.com/tooth. As I sit here posting this, my son, Caleb is reformatting the 3rd Edition of the book which will be sent to the printers today. It freaks me out that we can edit and format the book, up here high in the Rockies completely off the grid, send it through the airwaves, and get it printed in the Good Old USA within a few weeks.
Speaking of “Yuck!”, check out the website www.yucktruckseptic.com . If my son can make a septic pumping service website look cool, for a really reasonable price, imagine what he can doo doo for you you. (just a little septic humor there, folks). What does a septic pumping service have to do with National Children’s Book Week www.bookweekonline.com? It’s all about reading to kids, expanding their minds, getting them out of the nest , and watching them fly through the world making it a better place for everyone. And we all benefit; from you to me to the guy who works hard at his septic pumping business.
My oldest son came roaring in on children’s books at an early age. My wife gets the most credit here, as she spent the most time at home with our kids. More on that later. My son discovered the big, wide world through books, and took off like rocket, devouring anything he could get hands on. At age 10, he put together his Christmas present, a 3 ft. long battleship made out of snap blocks, before midnight. The detailed instruction sheet was over 100 pages long. I was floored. By age 12, he was reading a manuals in bed at night. At age 13, he was researching building materials for me and ordering literally tens of thousands of dollars worth of materials for us to build our chalet with.
By now, you know how much I am a believer in reading to children. www.bookweekonline.com . The benefits of reading to your own kids . are a little bit like winning the lottery…only better. Let’s start with the obvious and oft stated benefits: Quality family time, making good memories, development of grammar, and even having a child get used to sitting still for periods of time. Let me take you much farther than that. Join my family as we burst out of here with a supernova of benefits from reading to our children…
